# Cactus Island

**Author(s):** William Manchee, Manchee, William.
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/cactus-island/verdict.json
**Genres:** mystery, legal-thriller, literary-fiction
**Pages:** 386
**Publisher:** Top
**Published:** Sat Jul 01 2006 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9781929976386
**ISBN-10:** 1929976380
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/cactus-island

## Description

Stan is called out to Possum Kingdom Lake in Central Texas where a boy scout has been killed in a tragic Jeep accident. At first glance it appears to be just a typical case of a reckless teenager driving too fast, but the teenager, Steven Caldwell, insists the accident wasn't his fault. He claims he was distracted by an alien spacecraft flying overhead. At first Stan thinks his client's story is ridiculous, but as his investigation progresses he discovers his client may be telling the truth.

## SageChimp reader verdict

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- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
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**Themes:** Crime Investigation